Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Photography II Portfolios are in! Students had to choose their best photography from this year and complete a portfolio book. Each student had to document the project, title, camera type, f-stop, shutter speed, and focal length used for each photograph.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The Funky Junk Art contest is an annual citywide competition for artists and imaginative dreamers of all ages. To qualify, contest participants must create an original work of art composed of only used materials and/or recycled goods. The 2012 Funky Junk Contest was sponsored by the Montgomery Clean Commission and MAX Credit Union. Below are our winners:

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Modified contour drawing is basically outline drawing with the addition of lines within the object as well as the silhouette. The students start at any point on their object and gradually work their way around, following the objects lines with their eyes, but looking back to their drawing as they go to check the position of their hand.

Five pairs of shoes have been placed on the tables for Art 6 students to create their modified contour drawings. Below are a couple of pictures of Art 6 students working on their drawings.

The first place award winners art work now goes on to the state competition. Wild Card- are chosen the day after judging by Troy art students. The wild card can be any artwork in any category. If an artwork is chosen for wild card it will also go to the state competition along with the first place winners.

I am very excited to announce these awards! Each teacher was limited to 10 works. Out of our middle school students 9 of our works won an award! Plus, 5 of our students works go onto the state level. This is just amazing and I am so proud of their accomplishments.

Pictured here are the student winners that were able to attend the awards ceremony at Troy University in Troy, AL

I am very excited to announce that 3 out of 5 of our middle school students placed at the state level for the 2012 Visual Arts Achievement Program.

Best of Drawing, Middle School
Emily Kent, 7th Grade
Triplets; Graphite on Paper

Congratulations to Reagan B.(6th grade)!!! She is one of the 250 State Finalists! The 250 doodles are the best among a total of more than 114,000 entries from across the country. The 250 State Finalists were chosen by Google employees and their amazing Guest Judges. The Finalists represent the highest ranked doodle from each grade group from each state. I am so proud of Reagan!!! Below is a picture of her Doodle 4 Google. This years theme was, "If I could travel in time, I'd visit…"

I had the honor of taking my 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students to Flimp Festival for the chalk dawning competition again this year. We had a great time! The rain held off and it was nice and HOT! We had 14 groups representing Saint James and they created some amazing masterpieces in the parking lot of The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. The awards ceremony was this morning at MMFA, I am excited to announce that one of our 8th grade groups (Taylor Meadows, Katie Brabham, Lauren Talkington, & Madi McKinney) won 3rd place! Below I am attaching the winning artwork and some extra pictures from our day.

About Me

My name is Evelyn Shoults and I am the Visual Art, Photography, and Graphic Design teacher at Saint James School in Montgomery, AL. I am entering my 10th year as a teacher and enjoying every moment. Thank you for visiting and reading my blog. Your comments are always welcome on my blog. Please remember all comments should be given in a positive manner and should be respectful. I have the right to remove any disrespectful or distasteful comment that might be made by anyone commenting on my blog. This blog was created to shine a positive light on my very talented students and to allow family and friends to keep up with what my students are doing in my classes. Plus, an area for me to post their many accolades and how proud I am of them and to be their teacher. Thank you again for visiting and I look forward to hearing from you.